Bytes People Solutions is the internationally accredited education,
training, skills development and people consulting arm of the Bytes
Technology Group. Bytes People Solutions are recognised as a leader in the industry and has built a credible track record over the past ten years by providing excellent service to a large number of blue chip companies in South Africa. Various business units, supported by a strong professional skills base, deliver services in all major regions.

Bytes Technology Group is a leading South African multi-billion Rand, high-technology group providing a broad range of products, technical skills and specialised services to enable and support enterprise-wide information technology infrastructures, telephony and software solutions across Africa and in the United Kingdom. Whilst Bytes Technology Group operates autonomously from the other two Altron subsidiaries, significant synergy exists across the group and joint-venture business is commonplace. Bytes Technology Group is one of South Africa's top performers in the Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) industry.

The speed at which new information and knowledge needs to be
acquired, mastered and turned into practical action has increased
multifold. As companies cut costs and become increasingly competitive, those organisations that use training strategically as a key business tool to achieve desired business results, are the ones that will succeed.

By the same token, providing a quality learning experience is simply
not enough for training to drive meaningful business results. For
training to be effective it has to be strategically linked to and integrated with business results, performance measurement, and the
organisation's environment.

One way to achieve this close alignment between training and
business strategy is to assess the gap between the readiness of the
organisation and that of the individual. The ability to unlock the value
in technology, for example, depends to a large degree on the level of
individual competence. This problem has been addressed through
individual skills and readiness assessments but the alignment of the
individual with the business readiness has often been overlooked.

One way to bridge this misalignment and deliver a return on
investment in training is to ensure that the provider of education,
training, development and consulting understands the customer's
business strategy. Not only must the competency of the individual be
aligned with the role they fulfil within the organisation, it must also
support the overall resource and business strategy of the
organisation.

This assessment strategy mentioned above is also key to designing
optimal delivery mechanisms. Blended learning, for example, is a
commonly used, but often misunderstood term, and many providers
will promise to deliver so-called blended learning without ever being
held accountable for the deliverables of this approach. More
importantly, the assessment strategy of any provider has to be
constantly fine-tuned and re-aligned with the business readiness.

The success or failure of both training delivery mechanisms and the
content of any chosen curriculum will be determined by the correct
blend of solutions for the individual and the organisation. The sum of
the blended parts, should be bigger than the training solution itself. IT
training in isolation is not sufficient… a training strategy should
encompass all the methodologies, traditional IT training, skills
assessments, needs analysis, delivery, post assessments and most
importantly measurable reporting.

This approach is at the core of Bytes People Solutions, a company
founded on the belief that the sum of the parts has to be inclusive of
the development of people strategy and leadership skills, as well as
change navigation and organisational dynamics.

The new generation of business leaders embrace a people-centric
strategy as a key differentiator in achieving results. As one of these
new generation businesses, Bytes People Solutions is well equipped to assist organisations in taking the next step towards delivering accountable skills development.